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fromHarvard Gazette
5 days ago

Your body fought off the virus - but damaged your lungs - Harvard Gazette

Lung macrophages produce oncostatin M (OSM) that rapidly restores damaged epithelial barriers, enabling quick tissue repair after viral infection and inflammation.
fromNature
1 week ago

Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age

When injuries or infections occur, the immune system mounts a protective response by releasing cells and proteins to affected tissues. This complex cascade is called inflammation. But as we age, inflammation gradually increases and becomes persistent instead of being a state that occurs only when things go wrong. Among the cells that that help to regulate this inflammageing are a variety of macrophages - white blood cells that hoover up pathogens and cellular debris - that reside in fat tissue.
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